Narayan Rane gets relief from Bombay HC from any coercive action by BMC against his residence
India Today
The minister had moved Bombay High Court again last week seeking a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation hearing on the regularisation of illegal construction at his Juhu bungalow.
Bombay high court has asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to not take any coercive steps against Union Minister of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises, Narayan Rane’s residence in Juhu for illegal construction. The court has also asked Rane to not create further illegal constructions.
The minister had moved Bombay High Court again last week seeking a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation hearing on the regularisation of illegal construction at his Juhu bungalow.
The BMC has been asked to file affidavit in two weeks whether the second application for regularisation filed by Rane is maintainable or not. The bench of Justices RD Dhanuka and Kamal Khata said that the BMC needs to also state if the consent of the neighbouring two buildings in Juhu, next to Rane’s residence, would be needed and if that would be considered by them while considering the second application.
The BMC would also check if the Development Control Promotion Regulation (DC) rules of 2034 would be considered while deciding Rane’s request.
The bench said, “We need a clear answer on this as this will be a precedent for ever. If need be, file an affidavit.” It added that it wanted to know in particular about the maintainability issue “particularly as the first application filed by the minister was rejected and that was upheld by the High Court earlier.”
The next hearing on the petition filed by Rane is on Aug 23.
During the hearing, Advocate Shardul Singh, appearing for Rane, took the court through the various provisions that exist in the Mumbai Municipal Act where regularisation can be done.
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